mug by Tamara Bryan I think about gathering- In late August early September when the elderberry is hanging off in giant clusters. After the first frost gathering the rosehips. Getting the echinacea in the ground so that by next years bloom I will have my echinacea stores full. All this for healing the body. Over the winter months drawing on those stores for.. Elderberry syrup with rosehip, cinnamon, clove, star anise, fresh lemon, raw honey, with a dash of cardamom (becau

We are now over halfway through this 2-week experiment. How are people feeling? More connected? Disconnected? Your awareness more enhanced? Guilty? Haggard? This is the point in the experiment where I would like us to reevaluate what our desires around this are. 1) Did you set goals that were unreachable with your busy schedule, which has caused you to self-sabotage this experiment? If yes, it is not too late to readjust your goals and expectations to something manag

Today is the sixth day of the 2-week meditation experiment. For those not following on my FaceBook page or didn't join the Meditation Experiment Group I will catch you up. I love meditating most of the time and at many points in my meditation practice can sight benefits from doing it. That said it has still not been enough for me to quickly slide into not doing it on a regular basis, so as much for me as for others feeling this way I decided to do a 2-week experiment. In the

Meditation Experiment Starting soon. Message me I'm in or post I'm in in the Facebook comments and I will add you to the private group. If you haven't liked my page Spiritual Direction And Soul Care I think you have to do that first and then I can add you to the secret group. One of the most simple solutions I've found for meditating is using apps. There are many reasons for this *The first and most important to me is the timer option. Whether doing a guided meditation or my

Join me in re-upping your commitment to meditating daily for the next two weeks. See how it changes your relationship to anxiety, stress, creativity and performance struggles. You can do this by switching up your routine 1st thing in the morning (5 min to start and build if want to or feel you can) Not a morning person? Or try right before you go to bed (take 5 min focus on breath and clearing your monkey mind) Morning or bedtime doesn't work for you? Midday toilet/lunch time

It's over, the 40 days of potential personal reflection is done. Now the eating and drinking commence ; ) How are you feeling on the other side? Do you feel a deeper connection to yourself, the world, your Creator? Do you feel a greater capacity to love yourself and the world around you? Are you breathing deeper? Rushing less? Or did you notice a resistance to meditation, deeper breathing and time spent in love of self and humanity? Me? I always feel a bit of a let down a